Veteran whacks would-be burglar

[Champ]

Christchurch war veteran Arthur Fuller felt no fear when he took his walking stick to an intruder more than 30 years his junior.

"I have never been scared of anything. I've had knives held at my throat ... I've seen ships go down in one flash, no survivors," the 80-year-old former navy man said.

The intruder, Terrence John Enright, suffered a head cut requiring stitches for his troubles after forcing his way into Fuller's home on the night of May 9.

"He didn't worry me in the slightest. I went to sleep just the same. I didn't give him the full force or else I would have downed him," Fuller said.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2922948a11,00.html

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Good on 'im!

I'll tell ya, you don't mess with those Kiwis!

--bkl

[Servo300]

2. Good for him!!

(Fuller, that is, not the intruder).